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July 22, 2009
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Distance Education & Life-Long Learning Program
Professional development
opportunities in plant breeding at the University of
Nebraska–Lincoln
 The
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of
Nebraska–Lincoln offers four plant breeding mini-courses that
are excellent professional development opportunities for seed
industry personnel, producers and other agribusiness
professionals. The courses are available via distance delivery,
so participants are able to further their educational and career
goals without having to be present in a traditional classroom.
Students have the option of participating in lectures in real
time, as well as viewing archived lectures online. The courses
are available for noncredit professional development, CEU
credit, and regular academic credit at UNL. Instructors are Dr.
P. Stephen Baenziger, Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor,
and Dr. Thomas Hoegemeyer, Professor of Practice and former CEO
of Hoegemeyer Hybrids.
The noncredit registration fee for each course is $150*. Special
package pricing is available for the three mini-courses offered
during the Fall 2009 semester.
For more information or to register, please visit the
above-listed Web site or contact Cathy Dickinson,
cdickinson2@unl.edu.
Online courses for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 include:
- Self-Pollinated
CropBreeding
August 25 –September 24, 2009
Course covers the common breeding methods used to improve
self-pollinated crops, such as wheat, rice and barley, and
the theoretical basis for self-pollinated crop breeding.
- Germplasm and Genes
September 29 – November 3, 2009
Course focuses on the importance of creating the necessary
genetic variation resources for conventional and modern
plant breeding programs.
- Cross-Pollinated
CropBreeding
November 5 – December 10, 2009
Course emphasizes standard breeding methods and theories
associated with population movement of cross-pollinated
crops and self-pollinated crops that are forced to
cross-pollinate.
- Advanced PlantBreeding
Topics
March 3 – April 8, 2010
Topic for 2010 is heterosis. Course will focus on the
genetic hypotheses and quantitative genetic analyses of
heterosis, new tools for studying heterosis, prediction of
heterosis and hybrid performance, heterotic groups and
organization of germplasm, and the mechanisms for making
hybrids.
Contact:
Cathy Dickinson
Admin. Associate
Department of Agronomy & Horticulture
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
279 Plant Sciences Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583
Voice: 402.472.1730
E-mail:
cdickinson2@unl.edu
The University of
Nebraska–Lincoln does not discriminate on the basis of gender,
age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status,
veteran’s status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual
orientation. |
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